On Jul 29, 4:44 pm, "Vince O'Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Personally, I think that the greatest barrier to computing development
> has been the continuing success of 1960s operating system, Unix. It's
> a monumental barrier to entry for anyone but a geek. It's compounded
> by the fact that the existence of so many Linux variants now make it
> all but impossible for any novel operating system to enter the market.
I really don't think the world should have all "gone amiga" or "gone
apple". But it wasnt divine intervention that allowed the Amiga to
have: Devices. Libraries. Threads. A desktop. Flat memory. etc
etc. The IBMs architecture was a result of it starting as a machine
which had 64K of RAM. I find it hard to believe we were all better
off with segmented memory and DOS. When windows started to multitask
properly, it still struggled because win 95 was only originally
cooperatively multitasking. The 'new technology' of NT made me
laugh. People assumed it was cutting edge because they didn't know
any different. I know it's easy with hind sight to re-invent
technologies. But at the time a lot of people knew the IBM /
Microsoft story was well behind the cutting edge.
Given the same dollars, the existing technology and developers who'd
build something properly before, I argue you could have built a much
better platform.
I argue that INI files, IRQs and needing to reboot your machine every
time you clicked on something were a barrier to anyone but a geek.
:)
I like this thread. Reminding me of the bad old days.
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